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SEA MAIL/SURFACE MAIL
POST AL UPDATES
It has come to our attention that Sea Mail/Surface Mail from Australia is no longer being accepted in South Africa.
This from Susanne Leverton when she posted items on July 22:
Hello fellow Aussies. I was able
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KAS SNIPPETS
Can I please draw everyone's attention to the sizing of handwarmers. This center photo shows a hand-warmer made correctly next to a crochet hook, which is 15cms . The pattern can be found in the KAS PatternBook.
I need to stress how
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Opening Days in the
Knit A Square Barn 2021
From this...
...to this...
...to this...
...ending with full shelves.
Opening day at the KAS Barn is all about opening parcels and sorting the squares. Bundling the squares to be sewn into blankets and
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This discussion will focus on Distributions made between April and June 2022. Autumn has crept upon South Africa and the temperatures are dropping.
Many thanks to our volunteers for sharing touching stories and photos.
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DISTRIBUTIONS
With winter arriving in the Southern hemisphere, the KAS distributions have increase to wrap children in warm blankets.
The distribution discussion is where all the pictures and stories from these distributions can be found. Estelle
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Amy in
KAS SNIPPETS
TIME TO SEND THOSE PACKAGES
Our volunteers in The Barn are receiving packages from the Post Office once again.
You can start sending your squares and other goodies...finally.
Please remember to your the KAS Packing Slip/Mailing Label.
Packing S
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Amy in
KAS SNIPPETS
35 SQUARES MAKE A BLANKET
FUNDRAISING IDEA
Recently a booklet of knitting patterns for 8" squares became available for FREE download in our KAS Shop.
I am challenging myself to make one of every pattern by 2022 (17 weeks away! ). Many of the 35 des
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This month we embrace all the things that come are under the African sky.
Children...
Land...
Monuments...
People...
...and the Animals.
Now is the time to be creative with flags, animals, beadwork designs, instruments, cloth, housing styles a
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Welcome to our April theme....
CELEBRATIONS!!
Celebrations bring family, friends and community together.
What is your favourite celebration?
Christmas?
Easter?
St. Patrick's Day?
Valentine's Day?
Bastille Day?
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EDUCATE ME
Can we try and spark some interest and conversation through our crafting this month to help the children learn....?
Letters, numbers, small words, colours, shapes, animals and nature are all superb ideas to stimulate their brains.
The desi
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HAPPY NEW YEAR
One and All.
I hope you all have your needles and hooks at the ready for a bumper year........and that you received some delightful yarns that you are just itching to create with.
I went shopping with some yarn gift vouchers I recei
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Welcome to the start of the 2022 Knit a Square Distributions. We will be covering distribution from January through March 2022 in this discussion.
Enjoy the amazing photographs.
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While South Africa is not receiving post, on behalf of KAS SA and CreateCare Global, I have been doing some research as to how to help the flood of Ukrainian refugee children in Poland.
The excerpt from an article below about
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If you wish to add a pattern for a square you have made, please insert it at the end of this discussion by using the "Repy to This" feature and please include a photo with the pattern.
We ask that you do not just include links to patterns online that
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If you would like to see your work added to our February photo album, please add a photo to our discussion
HERE .
I will then be able to transfer it to our February album
HERE
Thank you!
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